Con­cept: Set in the buco­lic Sintra’s lands­ca­pe, the old hotel patio, com­ple­tely enclo­sed by sto­ne walls, was defi­ned based on two objec­ti­ves: to cre­a­te an attrac­ti­ve area with a con­tem­pla­ti­ve cha­rac­ter whi­ch would be sym­bo­lic of the diver­sity and tex­tu­re of the local vege­ta­ti­on — whi­le ensu­ring a direct visu­al rela­ti­onship with the ter­ra­ce and patio on the 1st flo­or, and the rooms on the upper flo­ors ori­en­ted Northwest; and to cre­a­te a gar­den that would allow the free pas­sa­ge betwe­en the hotel entran­ces, but that had a warm, inti­ma­te and invi­ting cha­rac­ter, whi­le inte­gra­ted as a who­le in the hotel design.